{"id":13309,"date":"2026-03-10T08:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=13309"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:35:50","slug":"letter-to-my-100-year-old-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2026\/03\/10\/letter-to-my-100-year-old-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to My 100-Year-Old Self: What I Hope I Never Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Daily Prompt QOTD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>I found tears swelling in my eyes as I wrote this letter to my 100-year-old self.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tR-qQcNT_fY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=es-MX&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Five for Fighting: 100 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dear 100-Year-Old Me,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re reading this, we made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not perfectly. Not untouched. Not without scars or surgical lines or stories that once felt too heavy to carry. But we made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wonder what your hands look like now. Do they still reach for the keyboard? I hope you never stopped writing. Writing saved us more than medicine did. It shaped pain, gave voice to fear, and turned loss into love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m learning what is inevitable and what is chosen now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I chose love after loss.<br \/>Honesty when silence was easier.<br \/>Depth instead of bitterness.<br \/>All the while hoping others learned to love me anyways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Did We Keep That Softness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tell me \u2014 did we keep that softness and love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was younger, I thought the \u201cstars\u201d were the big milestones, the distant victories that looked impressive from far away. But maybe some of them were just starfish on the shore \u2014 beautiful, but closer and simpler than I imagined. Maybe what mattered most was never far away at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">How I Hope You Measure Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 100, I hope you measure life not in medical procedures, but in conversations that lingered, sunsets you didn\u2019t rush, and the people who felt safe because you were brave first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope you forgave.<br \/>I hope you were forgiven.<br \/>I hope you laughed often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Living in the Middle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m still in the middle. Some days strong. Some days fragile. But I\u2019m learning fragility isn\u2019t failure. It\u2019s proof I still care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you made it to 100, then every injection, every incision, every uncertain night was just a season \u2014 not the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe the real stars were never the distant ones we chased, but the simple proof we were here \u2014 loving, writing, enduring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">One Last Hope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope you\u2019re proud of how I handled the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I promise to keep choosing who we are and who we love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take good care of our story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With stubborn hope,<br \/>ME<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Reflection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What would you write in a <strong>letter to your 100-year-old self<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leave a comment below \u2014 I\u2019d love to hear what your future self needs to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>If you\u2019ve enjoyed what you read here, please subscribe to my email list at the bottom of the page<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>. 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